Rail-joint.



N. E. RASSIGO.

. RAIL JOINT.

urmonmn FILED m. 19, 1910.

Patented 0011.18, 1910.

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NELSON E. RASSICO, 0F RANSOM, KANSAS.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 19, 1910.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NELSON E. RAssIoo, citizen of the United States, residing at Ransom, in the county of Ness and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention comprehends certain new and useful improvements in rail joints, and the invention has for its object, an improved rail chair which is arranged to firmly unite the meeting ends of the rails, and which is susceptible of use in connection with rails of the ordinary type, and may be easily and quickly applied thereto.

A further object of the invention is a rail chair that bridges the adjacent cross ties, and that is reinforced in a particularly effective manner so as to withstand both vertical and lateral strains.

A still further object of the invention is a rail chair which provides a continuous tread to prevent the ends of the rails from becoming worn away and thus obviates the disagreeable and injurious pounding of the wheels of the rolling stock at the joint.

With these and other objects in view as will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions, arrangements and combinations of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features of in the appended claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a rail joint embodying the improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section thereof; Fig. 3 is a side elevation; and, Fig. 4 is a transverse section on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawings by the same reference characters.

The invention consists essentially of a rail chair having an elongated metallic base 1 the upper face of which is substantially flat and is adapted to support the meeting ends of the rails 2. The base is substantially the same width throughout its length as the width of the base flanges of the rails. Opposed splice bars 3 and 4 are integral with the side edges of the base and upstand there retained therein by any desired number of bolts 5 which are passed through the splice bars and the interposed web portions of the rails. The splice bars terminate short of the extremities of the base so that the base has projecting end portions 6 that rest upon the adjacent wooden ties 7, in order to cause the chair to bridge the same. Spikes 8 are driven into each tie, on opposite sides of the end portion 6 with their heads taking over the base of the rail and thus secure both the chair and the rail to the tie. Intermediate of the ties, the base is thickened at its lower face as indicated at 10, the base increasing gradually in thickness from its sides and ends toward the center, and being thickest just below the joint which, of course, is the point of greatest vertical strain.

The splice bar 3 has an upwardly extending flange 11 that lies against the adjacent sides of the heads of the rails, and has its upper edge flush with the upper surface thereof to alford a continuous tread. By virtue of this arrangement, the ends of the rails are prevented from being worn olf, and hence the disagreeable and injurious pounding of the wheels of the rolling stock is eifectually precluded. Intermediate of their ends the splice bar 3 andeflange 11 are' thickened vertically to constitute a brace 12 that gradually decreases in thickness toward its ends in order to merge into the splice bar and flange, and thus be less liable to be broken off. The greatest thickness of the brace is opposite to the joint between the rail ends, whereby the brace serves in the capacity of reinforcing the chair and the joint against lateral strain. The tread surface of the flange 11 is considerably increased by extending the brace upwardly fiush therewith.

From the foregoing description in connection with the accompanying drawing, it is believed that the manner of applying the chair to the rail ends in the construction of the track, will be apparent. The chair effectually unites the rail ends and holds the same securely in place, even in the event of the possible loosening and displacement of the bolts 5. The chair is prevented from creeping longitudinally by means of the spikes 8 that are driven into the ties in close proximity to the adjacent ends of the splice bars 3 and 4:.

Among the many advantages attained with the present invention, attention is particularly directed to the fact that the chair is cast or otherwise suitably formed of integral structure, and hence is quite simple, durable and is capable of being easily and cheaply manufactured.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

A rail chair comprising an elongated base adapted to support the meeting ends of the rails, opposed splice bars upstanding from opposite sides of the base and conforming to the contour of the rails and fitting under the heads thereof, the splice bars terminating short of the extremities of the base to provide projecting end portions adapted to rest upon adjacentcross ties, the base being increased gradually in thickness at its lower face from said end portions toward the middle and being of greatest thickness beneath the joint, a flange upstanding from one of the splice bars and lying against the sides of the heads of the rails with its upper edge flush therewith to afford a continuous tread, and a vertically disposed brace arranged at the outer face of and formed integrally with the said splice bar and flange and flush with the upper edge of the latter, the brace being in transverse alinement with the joint.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NELSON E. RASSICO. [L.S.] W'itnesses:

WV. G. RoBINsoN, MYRTLE E. RAssIoo. 

